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That's a great video, cheers! You were all pretty much correct, all it took was a wee fiddle with the c-spanner to the hardest setting to ensure it didn't connect with the rear guard. Then. I set it just one softer and it was perfect. Thanks for all your help, this forum is an invaluable tool for newbies like me!

I wasn't sure which way was harder or softer, so it was completely random on my part. Now I know that the lower down the 'notch' makes the suspension harder. Thanks a million for your help!

Using the c-spanner to adjust, which 'notch' would it need to rest on? When I fitted them first it was on step to the right than in the picture (I adjusted last night to test).

When I first fitted them it was an incredible difference from the standard stiff shocks, but I think perhaps it's too soft as I hit a bump in the road and I heard a *CLANG*, which I assumed was the wheel hitting the rear guard. I definitely require harder, but not as hard as the originals.

Thanks for the message of encouragement, I do indeed worry about these things quite a lot. Don't want to send myself off the bike at high speeds due to tinkering. They have an adjustment for damping with the c-spanner, but I'm not sure what each 'notch' does. When fitting them I did rotate the preload slight just so I could get them on (which I thought was a problem that was due to not being lifted when fitting).

Hi everyone, total novice here with motorbikes and motorbike-related fixes: Today I replaced the stock Mutt Fat Sabbath rear shocks (which are stiff as all hell) with some lovely NJB 337mm shocks. All is well with the actual fitting, but the test drive showed me that - though much more comfortable than before - there is far too much bounce making any pothole/bump a risk of sending the wheel into my ass. I feel like I may have made an error in fitting them in that I replaced them while the bike was leaning on the stand, without a chock to elevate the bike. Is this a correct assessment of where I've gone wrong?! What's the best, simplest method to make sure that the shocks are fitted correctly without damaging the bike after every bump? Cheers.

Great responses everyone! Will go through the lot of them this week and see what's what. Funnily enough, today I get an e-mail from Devitt to renew, instead of the £715 I paid for the first year, it's now £360 for (what I assume) is the same policy (though I will look into that before I continue).

Hi all, I've almost had my bike for a year, now, which also means my insurance is up for renewal. For the year I've been with Devitt, and they were completely fine (probably because I never had to contact them) even though it was on the more premium end of the pricing scale. I figured it was best to be covered for everything whilst getting used to my first bike. Now, I've made no claims so paying over £700 for another year seems a bad choice when I know it can be done cheaper. Does anyone have any recommendations, warnings, and/or tips for myself and anyone else looking at facing the same mundane task? Thanks!

It's my first bike so I'm really enjoying it. They're not without their problems but these problems are actively forcing me to understand more about how I can fix things and how I can learn alongside the problems. The only major issue I've found is the battery is absolute junk. Any other problems I've faced have been down to my own fault! Plus, they're really good to look at!

Hi guys, a little help required today! My Mutt Fat Sabbath battery decided it would pack in this week, so I went and bought another online, following the specs that I had found from different websites. Turns out, the specs were wrong (and I wasn't in the same place as the bike to measure), so the new battery is too large. I have bought a Yuasa YTX12-BS (LxWxH 150x87x130) and it annoyingly doesn't fit, and the bike came with a shitty Chinese battery which is already dead less than a year on (Shenchi BTX9A-BS). I can't seem to find those of the correct size (the Shenchi is LxWxH 130x70x130), so any recommendations would be grand. 12v 10Ah would be best. (Additional question, how much of an increase can be made with Ah?) Thanks everyone!

Nice one, thanks for your help. That's the one I was thinking of, so I just had a quick look on eBay and found a second-hand version of the Haynes manual for £10.

Hello I'm looking at getting a solid, useful service manual for a Mutt Fat Sabbath 125, but as is the nature of the Mutt, there's no specific one. Can anyone with a Mutt, or know what the majority parts are (I'm thinking Suzuki), recommend one? (Haynes, or other?) Basically, I'm looking for one that I can turn to without fail when I get an issue and one that can inform me of how things work even when there isn't one! EDIT: Suzuki GN 125 it looks like, does it matter that the last edition of Haynes' is 2005?? Cheers!

Hello everyone, In my social media culling from Facebook and Twitter I've had to let go of a few worthwhile motorbike groups, so have joined this one here (mostly to ask for help when I mess things up!) I'm new to this Motorbike world, having only owned a Mutt Fat Sabbath 125 as a starter bike for less than a year! There's absolutely nothing like being on those two wheels, so I'm hoping this is the start of a life-long love affair with motorbikes.